New Delhi: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition by former Director General of Police Shankar Bidari to reconsider his appointment as the DGP. Bidari had filed the petition in the wake of the recent verdict by the Supreme Court directing the Karnataka High Court to review the case. On April 24, the apex court had stayed the Karnataka High Court order quashing Bidari's appointment as the...
05:42 PM, May 28, 2012
On March 30, the Karnataka High Court had ordered for Shankar Bidari's sacking while comparing him to Hitler and Gaddafi in reference to his handling of tribals in the campaign against Veerappan. ...
02:43 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Karnataka High Court order which had quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as director general of state police, dubbing him as "worse than Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi." A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C K Prasad asked the state high court to examine afresh the matter and dispose it of before May 31. The apex court while staying...
01:52 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: A special leave petition filed against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in the mining scam was withdrawn on Monday after the complainant reportedly told the Supreme Court that the matter before the Chief Justice Bench and the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) "should be pursued without any hindrance". However the CEC recommendations for a CBI probe against Yeddyurappa will be heard by the SC. The fate of Yeddyurappa...
01:24 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that life sentence can be a ground to grant divorce. Rejecting a Miscellaneous First Appeal by a husband serving life in a murder case, a division bench, headed by Justice KL Manjunath in its recent order said when the appellant is convicted for life, even the grounds of desertion have to be taken into account legally because the man cannot live with the...
03:56 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition, seeking a direction to the Lok Sabha Speaker to disqualify JDS state President HD Kumaraswamy from membership of Parliament for allegedly committing bigamy. The division bench headed by Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen dismissed the petition filed by city-based advocate Sashidhar Belagumba on the grounds of lack of proof. Belagumba had filed the petition in the High Court in 2011,...
04:53 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Bangalore: Muthulakshmi, widow of slain forest brigand Veerappan, on Friday alleged that while searching for her husband, Karnataka Police Housing Corporation Managing Director Shankar Mahadev Bidari, who was heading the Special Task Force (STF), and his team "raped women" and "administered electric shock on their private parts". Addressing a news conference in Bangalore, she termed Bidari an "inhuman person who doesn't care about women". Explaining the "atrocities" committed by Bidari...
12:34 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Bangalore: Police officials in Bangalore are likely to wear black badges on Friday in protest against the recent brawl between lawyers and mediapersons outside a court, in which, several policemen, including a DGP, were hurt. Last week, lawyers at the City's Civil court assaulted media persons and policemen. The bar council also went against a Supreme Court directive and boycotted court proceedings - demanding the release of 4 arrested lawyers...
09:13 AM, Mar 09, 2012
New Delhi: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed FIR against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in the illegal mining case. Earlier, the Karnataka Lokayukta court on March 5 issued another arrest warrant against former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa after he failed to appear for a hearing in a land denotification case. A division bench comprising justices Bhakstavatsala and Govindaraju passed the order allowing an application filed by Yeddyurappa challenging the...
12:05 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed as "withdrawn" a petition filed against police accusing them of not registering an FIR against former cricketer Anil Kumble for allegedly forging the signature of his stepdaughter's father to obtain passport for her. Kumar Jagirdar, former husband of Kumble's wife Chetana, had moved the High Court in January 2012 praying for direction to police to register a FIR against Kumble. In his...
08:01 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Bharathinagar Police Inspector to be present in court on February 28 to explain as to why an FIR has not been registered against ace cricketer Anil Kumble for allegedly forging the signature of the father of his stepdaughter to obtain passport for her. Justice Abdul Nazeer gave the direction while hearing a writ petition filed last month by Kumar Jagirdar, the...
09:48 AM, Feb 25, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday slammed BJP for trying to "help" Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to come out of the disproportionate wealth case being heard in a Bangalore court by exerting pressure on Karnataka's Advocate General and the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) BV Acharya. In a statement issued here, Karunanidhi said the BJP and the Karnataka government were trying to remove Acharya from the SPP post...
03:01 AM, Feb 10, 2012
Bangalore: In a fresh embarrassment for the Karnataka government, Advocate General B V Acharya has resigned from his post. The move came after Acharya was asked to quit as the Special Public Prosecutor in the Jayalalithaa Disproportionate Assets case. Acharya said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government had asked him to resign as the Special Public Prosecutor citing conflict of interest. Acharya quit after a public interest litigation (PIL)...
09:23 AM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: In a massive setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court has dismissed his plea to quash investigations against him by the Lokayukta. The Lokayukta is currently investigating two charges against him over illegal land denotification. Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed the petitions after hearing the arguments of petitioner and advocate Sirajin Basha on whose private complaints the Lokayukta Court had issued summons against Yeddyurappa...
12:23 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court order on minimum wages in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The Centre told the Supreme Court that if the Karnataka High Court judgment is not set aside it will impose a burden of Rs 7,500 crore on the Government and cites lack of fund. The Karnataka government has fixed a minimum wage...
01:48 PM, Jan 23, 2012
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